Re-deployable mobile above ground shelter

a mobile above-ground shelter technology, applied in the field of protective shelters, can solve the problems that work crews temporarily operating in remote areas can be subject to dangers, and achieve the effect of quick, easy and inexpensive redeploymen

Active Publication Date: 2012-08-21
RED DOG MOBILE SHELTERS LLC DELAWARE
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[0008]Work crews temporarily operating in remote areas can be subject to dangers such as tornados, hurricanes and explosive blast waves. A re-deployable mobile aboveground protective shelter suitable for use in such environments utilizes retractable stabilizing arms and / or structures equipped with ducting (with or without valving) that leverage aerodynamic forces and / or air pressure differential to resist uplift, overturning and sliding. Because the protective shelter does not rely exclusively upon excessive weight to counter wind forces, the protective shelter can be quickly, easily and inexpensively redeployed to new sites.

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Work crews temporarily operating in remote areas can be subject to dangers such as tornados, hurricanes and explosive blast waves.

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[0030]With reference now to FIG. 1A, there is illustrated a perspective view of the entry end of a protective shelter 10 as seen from above. In an exemplary implementation, protective shelter 10 includes an enclosure 20 constructed of formed and / or welded, reinforced steel (or steel alloy) plate of sufficient strength to protect occupants and contents of protective shelter 10 from high-velocity wind events, impact and penetration by wind borne debris. In the depicted embodiment, enclosure 20 has a generally rectangular prismatic shape having a floor 22, four sidewalls 12, and a roof 14 all formed of reinforced steel plate.

[0031]For example, enclosure 20 can be made of welded A36, ¼″ steel plate with reinforcing ribs of sufficient size, placement and design to meet or exceed deflection and penetration limits established by the National Storm Shelter Association (NSSA) standard, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) standards, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) st...

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[0041]Referring now to FIGS. 2-3, perspective and elevation views of a protective shelter 10′ are depicted. As indicated by like reference numerals, the construction of protective shelter 10′ is substantially the same as that of protective shelter 10 of FIG. 1. Accordingly, protective shelter 10′ includes an enclosure 20′ including a floor 22, four sidewalls 12 and a roof 14′ all formed of welded plate steel. Protective shelter 10′ may also optionally have stabilizers 28 as previously discussed. Unlike protective shelter 10, protective shelter 10′ further includes rigid skirting 34 surrounding the base of sidewalls 12 to form a lower substantially enclosed sub-floor region (basement air space) below floor 22.

[0042]It will be appreciated that when a solid object of any shape, such as enclosure 20′, is immersed in a flowing stream of fluid (e.g., a wind), areas of relatively lower and higher pressures are created over all the surfaces of that object according to Bernoulli's principle....

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[0054]With reference now to FIGS. 7A-7D, there are illustrated top plan, end elevation, perspective and side elevation views, respectively, of the protective shelter 70. As indicated by like reference numerals, protective shelter 70 is constructed similarly to protective shelter 10 of FIGS. 1A-1D, but has an enclosure 80 of greater length to support a higher occupancy rating (e.g., 25 persons versus 12). Because of its greater length, enclosure 80 has a door 26 on each of its longer sidewalls 12 and omits stabilizers 28 on the shorter sidewalls 12.

[0055]Referring now to FIGS. 8A-8B, there are depicted a front end view and left side view of an exemplary protective shelter 70 ready for transport on a roll-off container transport 60. In the depicted embodiment, the roll-off container transport is again a conventional roll-off container trailer, such as model GN-20 or GN-30 available from Domatex Inc. of Houston, Tex. In an alternative embodiment, roll-off container transport 60 can aga...

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Abstract

Work crews temporarily operating in remote areas can be subject to dangers such as tornados, hurricanes and explosive blast waves. A re-deployable mobile aboveground protective shelter suitable for use in such environments utilizes retractable stabilizing arms and / or structures that leverage air pressure differential to resist uplift, overturning and sliding. Because the protective shelter does not rely exclusively upon excessive weight to counter wind forces, the protective shelter can be quickly, easily and inexpensively redeployed to new sites.

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PRIORITY CLAIM AND CROSS-REFERENCE[0001]The present application claims priority to U.S. Non-Provisional patent application Ser. No. 12 / 579,004 and U.S. Provisional Patent Applications 61 / 105,245 and 61 / 106,416, which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Technical Field[0003]The present invention relates generally to protective shelters, and more particularly to redeployable mobile aboveground shelters using ducting (with and / or without unidirectional check valving) and / or retractable stabilizers to resist movement during high velocity wind events.[0004]2. Description of the Related Art[0005]The construction of storm shelters, safe rooms and blast resistant modules is well known and thoroughly documented, for example, in FEMA 320, Third Edition and FEMA 361, Second Edition, both available from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), as well as in ICC / NSSA 2008 “Standard for the Design and Construction of Storm Shelters,”...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): E04H9/14
CPCE04H9/14E04H9/10Y02A50/00
Inventor SCOTT, OSCAR T
Owner RED DOG MOBILE SHELTERS LLC DELAWARE
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